Creative Swing Alliance - CSA EP

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  • Creative Swing Alliance, the duo of Pablo Valentino and Steven Joyce Ames, made their debut last year with an EP for Bonzzaj, but most will recognize them as having contributed the D-side to Motor City Drum Ensemble's excellent "MCDE 1206-07" doublepack. A tip from MCDE is a pretty solid one to have right now, and "Now (Loving You)" was enough of a highlight that you may have marked their next release as one to check. You'll be pleased that you did: While offering nothing mindblowingly unexpected from house music, CSA's subtly psychedelic take on the deep stuff is certainly worth your time. Like MCDE, CSA deal in thick percussive loops, simple yet supple chord progressions and the vaguely live feel of so many Moodymann tracks. Opener "Get Down" does this best, showing they have the confidence to let the combination positively simmer. "In Love" and "What a Woman Needs" both whip the evening into shape at a somewhat faster clip, and while very well executed, there's honestly not much distinguishing these deep house tune from plenty of others; James Johnston's remix of "In Love" on the flip, with more nuanced chords and nimbler production, takes the idea just a bit further.
  • Tracklist
      1. A1 Get Down 2. A2 In Love 3. B1 What Women Need 4. B2 In Love (James Johnston Lost Love mix)
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